Stiff knees, aching hips, and the slow grind of chronic joint pain are often accepted as an unavoidable part of getting older.

A study in mice by researchers from Stanford University has traced the loss of cartilage that comes with aging to a single ...

What do we have in common with fish, besides being vertebrates? The types of joints we (and most vertebrates) share most likely originated from the same common ancestor. But it’s not a feature that we ...

A Dan Cobian, research scientist with Badger Athletic Performance and a faculty member in the physical therapy program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: Joints don’t bend both ways because there ...

A bit of relief, or maybe just a force of habit: We’re separating fact from fiction about what happens when you crack your knuckles and other joints. * It all has to do with the “synovial fluid” in ...

This handout photo released by the University of Maryland School of Medicine on January 10, 2022 shows surgeons performing a transplant of a heart from a genetically ...

The efficient architecture of our joints, which allows our skeletons to be flexible and sturdy, originated among our most ancient jawed fish ancestors, according to a study published in the ...

Nocturnal teeth grinding and clenching of the upper and lower jaw are known as sleep bruxism and can have a number of consequences for health. In dental science, the question of whether sleep bruxism ...